David Dyson

October 1, 2025

David Dyson is a Portfolio Manager and Branch Manager with Larson & McGowin, LLC in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. A native of Fairhope, Alabama, he holds a B.S. in Forestry and French Studies from The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and an M.S. in Forestry from Auburn University, where his research investigated the application of selection silviculture in longleaf pine ecosystems. David worked for the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station in Brewton, Alabama from 2009 until joining Larson & McGowin in 2014. With L&M, David worked at the Mobile headquarters until opening the DeFuniak Springs branch office in 2017. His consulting experience includes direct planning and supervision of forest operations for clients including timber investment management organizations (TIMOs), bank trusts, direct investors, nonindustrial private forest landowners, and non-profits in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, with significant holdings in natural and planted pine forests as well as bottomland hardwoods. David also heads L&M’s forest certification program and is responsible for maintaining forest certification and coordinating compliance efforts for American Tree Farm System, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, and Forest Stewardship Council.

In his free time, David and his two sons are reestablishing a longleaf pine forest in Walton County, Florida, where they have devoted countless hours to controlling invasive species and are using prescribed fire to keep volunteer loblolly pines at bay.